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Old 16th Dec 2012, 13:16
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Consolidated PBY Catalina at Bournemouth International Air Festival in August 2008,
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The Red Arrows on the same day,
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Post 414 - That is Helston AeroPark next the RNAS Culdrose not Fleetlands
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Hi etsd0001,
This is definitely Fleetlands in Gosport as I took this photo myself around 1986 when they had an open day (I have never been to or heard of Helston Park). If I remember correctly they had an old Bristol Sycamore on display as well but because of it's dilapidated condition I never photographed it,
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Hi etsd001,
I have researched the history of Fairy Gannet XG931 and have discovered that it was indeed at Helston from 1984 - 2009 when it moved to Davidstow in Cornwall. I also looked at Fleetlands and they celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1990 which is when I must have taken my photo as I do not recall them having frequent open days. I can only assume the Gannet was on loan for this occasion,
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A few from my grandfathers photo album.



Cockpit (left)


Training


Found this in his log book with a note on the back. Flew as 2nd pilot with the Americans for a few months.
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Rare colour photograph of an RAF Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA, taken circa 1928:





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Found this facebook link today Mosquitos doing air photo in Canada Arctic post WW2:
Hope you like it:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6449333&type=3

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cac_sabre, where is that Ambassador / Elizabethan inaugural photo taken ?
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Hi Cyflyer, I got these pics from an ex RAF Navigator some 40 years ago. I think that this shot was taken at the same place the York, Belfast and Beverley shots were taken..either Malta or Akrotiri..cant' remember
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Thanks for replying cac_sabre. They don't all look like they are the same place. I'm trying to establish if its Nicosia. Akrotiri, no, forget it for sure. The Argosy, Belfast, and Beverley shots do look like Malta, looking at the background. The Skyways York, and BEA Ambassador not sure, either Malta or Nicosia.
In the York photo, could you do a maximum resolution scan of the bit covering the building and Viking parked infront of it at the left of the photo and just crop that small bit ? I'll recognise if its the Nicosia tower. On the Ambassador, the bit showing the flags above the cockpit and the name on the fuselage under the cockpit.
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Argosy and Beverley are Malta - all lovely photos though
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Re: Zurakowski

Does anyone know of a photo of Polish pilot Zurakowski doing several cartwheels in a special engine test Meteor (? One DH Ghost??) at the Farnborough Air Show back in the 50s? I saw it but still find it difficult to believe what I saw.
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Pathe video here of "Zurabatics" in the Meteor at Farnborough '51 - clip starts around the two minute mark - he also did the same trick in the CF-100.


HIGHLIGHTS OF FARNBOROUGH 1951 - British Pathé
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re post 414

The Gannet is pictured at Cornwall Aeropark. An image search on Google shows numerous images of the same aircraft from different angles in exactly the same location - at the Cornwall Aeropark!
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DC-10-30, September, 1985:



MAS Boeing 707-320 Intercontinental, circa 1976. Note the aerodynamically encased P&W JT4A turbojets trailed by the "daisy array" noise collectors. Astern is the infamous anti-Dutch-Roll ventral fin. Also note the UK reg...


RCAF Canadair DC-4M North Star, Gaza, circa 1967.

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